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Edmund H. Pendleton

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Coat of Arms of Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Henry Pendleton
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
Preceded byAbraham Bockee
Succeeded byAbraham Bockee
Personal details
Born1788 (1788)
Savannah, Georgia, USA
DiedFebruary 25, 1862(1862-02-25) (aged 73–74)
New York City, New York, USA
Political partyAnti-Jacksonian
EducationColumbia University

Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788 – February 25, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, Pendleton received a liberal schooling as a youth. He graduated from Columbia College in 1805, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and practiced in Hyde Park, New York.

He was judge of Dutchess County, New York from 1830 to 1840. He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833). He died in New York City on February 25, 1862, and was interred in St. James' Churchyard in Hyde Park.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congress. "Edmund H. Pendleton (id: P000201)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 5th congressional district

1831–1833
Succeeded by